Rean's airplane wobbled far more violently during the return trip.
The moment the battle ended, Rean immediately noticed the problem. The flight runes were already reaching their operational limits, their glow flickering unstably throughout the skeleton frame of the airplane. That alone proved how unfinished the prototype truly was.
After all, this wasn't merely an airplane that lacked proper testing.
It was an airplane that had barely been completed enough to fly at all.
Because of that, Rean deliberately chose a much longer route back toward the defensive lines, steering away from the densest portions of the Godly Creature Horde. Under normal circumstances, he would have preferred to move even farther away for safety.
Unfortunately, the condition of the airplane simply would not allow it.
Every additional second in the air pushed the arrays closer to collapse.
